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Utkarsh Jaiswal

Case study 03

Automating tax-data extraction behind an 18% rise in ITR filings

Fisdom (now part of Groww) · Software Engineer · Jaipur · Apr 2021 — Dec 2021

Architecture: a Python parser reads the government Form 26AS and pre-fills the filing journey, which files returns directly through ERI client registration. Taxpayers self-file on the CodeIgniter portal, and eMitra and CSC partner channels file on a taxpayer's behalf.pre-filledForm 26ASgovt. document26AS parserPythonFiling journeyCodeIgniterERIfiles directlyTaxpayerself-filingeMitra / CSCassisted filing

+18%

ITR filings

ITR filings rose 18%, and the PHP CodeIgniter portal was secured with CSRF protection.

Context and what was at risk

Self-filing stalled wherever a taxpayer had to key in data that already sat in a government document, and assisted filing needed a route through government partner channels.

What I owned and built

I built a Python Form 26AS parser to automate taxpayer-data extraction, and implemented E-Return Intermediary (ERI) client registration with eMitra and CSC integrations so partner channels could file on a taxpayer's behalf.

Stack

  • Python
  • PHP (CodeIgniter)
  • MySQL
  • ERI
  • eMitra / CSC

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